The Sports Life

Teaching Your Kids To Like Football

Being the Family guy requires a lot of tact and finesse. A lot! This next trick isn't an easy one, but boy if you can pull it off; you get the Family Guy award for sports recruiting. The most important tool to use is your kid's natural instincts to be competitive with each other. Get them to pick the team they like, even if it's just the color of the helmets, and then get them to pick their favorite player. Now we've given them their own team to root for.

Keep plenty of sports caps and jerseys around the house, so when your favorite team is playing, you can all be sporting your teams awesome gear.

In fact, right now my plan is going into action. My daughters are picking out their favorite Miami Hurricane caps, as well as adorning themselves with their favorite U.M shirts. I'm in good shape, and there's only 20 minutes to kickoff. I remind the kids one more time about the importance of this game, and they seem fired up. I'm doing it! My plan is in action.

When your team scores, start high-fiving the kids. Get them screaming right along with you. Explain to them what just happened, using the instant replays as a visualization tool. Make sure they watch the replays a couple of times, so they can grasp the magnitude of what just took place. This is football!

Grant it, they won't sit through the whole game with you, but they'll leave you alone; for fear of you trying to lure them back to the sofa, and then again be forced to participate in your frenzy. Whatever you do, don't let them take off their caps or jerseys during the course of the game. They should understand that they are the teams good luck charms, and we need them to help us to victory. Should for some reason your team lose, they should understand that it was you who didn't have your lucky shirt on, even if your sure that they were the ones responsible for the loss.

So there you have it. A smart family guy knows he must have his children on his side. That's how you build a winning team. Your kids now love football, whether they like it or not. Best of luck this season, The Family Guy.

Work At Home - Jay is a full time work at home single father of two lovely daughters. If you enjoyed this short article, then please visit Jay at his home site http://www.jaysplan.com

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